Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

According to a recent release, the fund raised in just four months and attracting a diverse range of investors from across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East includes public and private pension funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and financial institutions, among its investor base.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds (HP IX) with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target. read more The post Harvest Partners closes latest buyout found at $5.3bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

the Redstone family company that controls film and TV giant Paramount Global. Film and TV producer David Ellison is weighing an offer for National Amusements that could involve merging his company, Skydance Media, with Paramount, the Wall Street Journal reported. Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3

Private Equity Firms 130

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout Pension Funds 130

Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The funds will focus on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments in middle market companies across Shamrock’s target sectors, seeking to capture Shamrock’s proprietary middle-market deal flow, thematic approach, and expertise, and value creation capabilities by utilising the same strategy Shamrock has implemented since 2001.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Vitruvian Partners, a PE firm focused on investments in middle market companies, has closed its latest buyout fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership V (VIP V), at €7.3bn ($8.1bn) in total capital commitments, surpassing its initial target of €6.5bn. Notable include the $519.9 Notable include the $519.9

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Blue Sage raised Fund IV without a placement agent and limited the fund’s size to maintain its focus on lower-middle market investments, despite strong limited partner interest generated within just a few months of fundraising. Kirkland & Ellis provided legal services to Blue Sage on the Fund IV fundraise.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 12, 2023

Buyout with Canada’s largest pension fund is expected to be one of biggest this year

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

maker of sports uniforms and school yearbooks, from buyout firm Bain Capital for about $4.75 KKR will own Varsity Brands through its Americas private equity fund, the sources said, requesting anonymity because the deal has not yet been announced. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for $2.17bn.The deal is expected to be signed soon, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information was private. MBK, Blackstone and Alinamin declined to comment.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Buyout firm EQT AB is teaming up with Germany’s richest man to acquire a 35% stake in German bus and train operator Flix SE. The company reported €104 million of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Buyout firms have been increasingly teaming up with the ultra-wealthy on their deals.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Chris Witkowsky of Buyouts reports Canadian giant PSP Investments shops $1 billion-plus portfolio: PSP investments is shopping a large portfolio of fund stakes that could total up to around $1.5 billion, according to sources and confirmed by the pension system in a statement to Buyouts. The system managed about C$264.9

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

The countrys expanding pension fund capital base and increasing corporate restructuring activity are fuelling strong interest from alternative investment firms worldwide. Private equity firms are increasingly driving governance and management transformations at undervalued Korean companies, unlocking new avenues for value creation.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

He was the long-time chair of the Toronto Port Authority and, earlier in his career, advised a committee of Canada’s Senate on issues that included the creation of major public-sector pension funds such as the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Still, I will wait to read the final report to see what Mr. Poirier has to say.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

European utility Engie has joined forces with Canada’s second-largest pension fund to try to buy British power network Electricity North West (ENWL), according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. The French company has suffered from political uncertainty in its home market and its shares have lost around 8% in 2024.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on recapitalisations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings, has closed its sixth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners VI, with $3.5bn of capital commitments.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Ardian raises over $20bn for secondaries fund the Paris-based PE firm has set a target for the fund of $25bn French group Ardian has amassed more than $20bn to buy stakes in private equity funds from investors, highlighting a corner of finance that is defying the broader slump in fundraising.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Macy’s added that it had asked Jefferies, the financial advisor for the buyout group, for updates around Arkhouse and Brigade’s plans to fund the deal earlier this month, but “no additional information” was provided. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As global funds seek alternative markets for investments and fundraising due to restrictions in China, Korea is emerging as a focal point. According to industry sources on Sunday, KIC will allocate 200bn won to Apollo Global Management’s 10th buyout fund.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Question is: Can it become a one-stop shop for pension funds, endowments, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds eager for exposure to every major alternative-asset class — without diminishing its private credit franchise? Still, Ares Cap executives wish that portfolio companies would hedge more of their debts.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

In her new role, Sulaiman will be responsible for driving investment origination and execution, building and maintaining relationships with key intermediaries, PE managers, company management teams and peer investors, as well as monitoring existing investments within Europe. Suen also serves as Director at QIC European Investment Services.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 5, 2024

The deal, valued at $34 per share, will take Nuvei private almost four years after the company was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The buyout of Nuvei, which has a market capitalization of nearly $4.42 It represents a premium of 56% to the company’s NVEI.O

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Renovus Capital Partners has held an oversubscribed and above-target closing of its fourth private equity fund, Renovus Capital Partners IV Core Buyout LP and parallel vehicles (Fund IV), with $875 million of capital. and abroad.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

The New York-based firm is targeting $12.5bn for the fund, which has been raising capital for around two years, with a hard cap set at $15bn. The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board and the State of Michigan Retirement Systems have each committed $150m.

Pension Funds 98

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Earlier this year, Verdane successfully closed its mid-market growth buyout fund Edda III at its €1.1bn hard cap, taking firm-wide assets under management to more than €8bn. Other investors in Idun II include global private and public pension funds, leading university endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and family offices.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to a press release, the fund’s investment strategy focuses on high-growth, family-owned companies mainly in northern Italy and valued between €30m and €100m. It utilises both buyout and selected expansion investments, with the equity ticket ranging from €20m to €40m.

Private Equity Firms 97

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Pension Funds Buyout 97

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch), a middle market private equity firm focused on recapitalisations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings, has closed its sixth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners VI, with $3.5bn of capital commitments.

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Capital Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Pension Funds 98

FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Frazier Healthcare Partners, a Seattle, WA-based dedicated healthcare private equity firm, announced the close of its latest flagship fund, Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI, L.P. The fund will focus on acquiring controlling interests in middle-market healthcare companies.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise as much as $2bn for a new fund that focuses on private credit in Asia. The Singapore-based firm has received initial interest from North American pension funds totaling $500m ahead of the fund launch in January, according to a fund document seen by Bloomberg News.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Frazier Healthcare Partners closed its $2.3bn Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI, exceeding its target in just six months The fund, known as FHGB XI, is focused on controlling interests in middle-market healthcare companies and secured strong backing from global limited partners, including public pension funds, financial institutions, sovereign (..)

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners (Renovus) has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund Renovus Capital Partners IV Core Buyout, which was significantly oversubscribed with total capital commitments of $875m.

Private Equity Firms 94

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. and committing $700 million to a private equity fund managed by EQT Private Capital Asia.

Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Mergers and Acquisitions Investing Stakes Buyout 59

Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Middle-market private equity and credit investment firm Comvest Partners has closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881m. CIP VI attracted commitments from foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices.

Pension Funds 98

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 17, 2025

Bloomberg reports OMERS hires partner of Temasek-backed fund as Global Head of Private Equity: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System hired Alexander Fraser, a former partner of a Temasek-backed fund, as the global head of its private equity arm. OMERS Private Equity manages approximately C$27.5 through the end of 2024.

Private Equity Managers 59

Private Equity Managers Education Buyout Pension Funds 59

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally. Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally.

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